Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
St. Gwenfrewi's Chapel, Gwytherin
Llangernyw, Conwy, Wales
A scheduled monument in Llangernyw, Conwy, recorded as Chapel (Medieval).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Chapel
- Period
- Medieval
- Date of designation
- 10 April 1996
- Community
- Llangernyw
- Unitary authority
- Conwy
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 53.13796, -3.68062
- SAM number
- DE240
- Cadw record number
- 1463
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of WalesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Summary description and reason for designation
The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Monument.
The monument comprises the remains of the small medieval chapel of St. Gwenfrewi, located at the centre of a small D-shaped field to the south of St. Winifred's churchyard. The chapel site survives as a flat-topped hillock on which is a shallow depression 3m in diameter.
Geophysical survey suggests there was once a small stone-built chapel here, covering the saint's grave, a focus of veneration until the 18th century. The chapel is supposed to have been destroyed around 1700.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of the organisation and practice of medieval Christianity. The site forms an important element within the wider medieval landscape. The site is well preserved and retains considerable archaeological potential. There is a strong probability of the presence of evidence relating to chronology, layout, building techniques and functional detail.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Church of St WinifredReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Group of Four Inscribed Stones in Gwytherin ChurchyardInscribed Stoneunder 1 mi
- Telephone Call-boxCommunicationsunder 1 mi
- Bryn GoleuAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.